"I know all about it but I can't tell you.

I guessed part from things I've seen--and Miss Reade told me a good deal--and the Awkward Man himself told me his side of it as we came home last night.

I met him just as I left Mr.Armstrong's and we were together as far as his house.

It was dark and he just talked on as if he were talking to himself--I think he forgot I was there at all, once he got started.

He has never been shy or awkward with me, but he never talked as he did last night." "You might tell us what he said," urged Cecily.